WestRock (WRK) Tops Q1 EPS by 3c, Revenues Beat

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WestRock Reports Fiscal 2021 First Quarter Results

January 28, 2021 6:30 AM EST

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WestRock Company (NYSE: WRK), a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, today announced results for its fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2020.

Notable items in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 include:

Net sales of $4.4 billion were essentially flat compared to the pre-pandemic prior year quarter Total packaging shipments increased 5%; record North American per day box shipments that increased 8% compared to the prior year quarter Successfully started up the Companys new 330 state-of-the-art paper machine in Florence, South Carolina; the machines 710k tons... More